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公开(公告)号:US12280588B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-22
申请号:US18184589
申请日:2023-03-15
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems for dynamically modulating radiation energy in a printing system are disclosed. A system receives data comprising an image pattern for depositing ink on a substrate. The system determines one or more ink properties for the ink configured to be deposited onto the substrate. The ink properties and/or a color of the substrate are used to determine a corresponding energy level value for a radiation lamp. The ink is deposited in the image pattern on the substrate. One or more radiation lamps heat the substrate and the ink, wherein the radiation lamps are configured with the corresponding energy level values.
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公开(公告)号:US20250100275A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-27
申请号:US18973442
申请日:2024-12-09
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Eduardo Bueno Espinal , Juan Escudero Gonzalez
Abstract: A printing platform includes a printing engine with one or more printheads arranged such that the ink drops are jetted vertically upwards against the action of gravity; and a substrate transportation system where the normal to the surface in contact with the substrate is parallel and with opposite direction to the travelling direction of the jetted ink drops. It is necessary to counteract the weight of the substrate during the printing process to avoid it from falling under the action of gravity. This is achieved through any of a mechanical element that interferes with the falling of the substrate and that keeps it in place; or a system that generates adhesion forces between the element that transmits the motion to the substrate, typically a conveyor belt, and the substrate through the action of electrostatic forces, an air pressure differential between both faces of the substrate, or any other suitable mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US12115777B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17812944
申请日:2022-07-15
Applicant: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.
Inventor: Juan Escudero Gonzalez , Eduardo Bueno Espinal
CPC classification number: B41J11/0085 , B41J11/003 , B41J11/007 , B65H5/224 , B65H2406/3221 , B65H2406/3622 , B65H2406/3632 , B65H2801/03
Abstract: A printing system includes a driving belt configured to drive media through the printing system relative to one or more print heads and a vacuum conveyor system. The vacuum conveyor system includes a vacuum chamber cover having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, as well as a plurality of slots through the cover that form openings from the first surface to the second surface. A seal, disposed within and extending along at least a portion of a length of a respective slot, is drivable to open or close the respective slot. A vacuum chamber below the second surface of the vacuum chamber cover is configured to apply a vacuum to the media through the plurality of slots. The applied vacuum constrains the media on the driving belt by flattening it against the driving belt.
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公开(公告)号:US20240239117A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18154738
申请日:2023-01-13
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Peter Heath
CPC classification number: B41J11/70 , B41J11/0045
Abstract: Embodiments of the invention add a cutting tool and a creasing wheel to a flatbed printer. This reduces workflow steps, allows cutting and creasing without having to re-register image/media, and reduces required floor space for small shops.
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公开(公告)号:US20240173974A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-30
申请号:US18433815
申请日:2024-02-06
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Eduardo Bueno Espinal , Juan Escudero Gonzalez
CPC classification number: B41J2/07 , B41J2/04 , B41J2/1707 , B41J3/407 , B41J3/60 , B41J2002/1437 , B41J2202/11
Abstract: A printing platform includes a printing engine with one or more printheads arranged such that the ink drops are jetted vertically upwards against the action of gravity; and a substrate transportation system where the normal to the surface in contact with the substrate is parallel and with opposite direction to the travelling direction of the jetted ink drops. It is necessary to counteract the weight of the substrate during the printing process to avoid it from falling under the action of gravity. This is achieved through any of a mechanical element that interferes with the falling of the substrate and that keeps it in place; or a system that generates adhesion forces between the element that transmits the motion to the substrate, typically a conveyor belt, and the substrate through the action of electrostatic forces, an air pressure differential between both faces of the substrate, or any other suitable mechanism.
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公开(公告)号:US11954849B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US17938730
申请日:2022-10-07
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Hanan Yosefi , Dani Barel
CPC classification number: G06T7/001 , G06T2207/30144 , H04N23/54 , H04N23/56 , H04N23/90
Abstract: Disclosed here is a system enabling users/customers to receive an objective assessment of the performance of a printer. This is accomplished by comparing a quality score of an earlier-in-time image with a quality score of a later-in-time image. A processor analyzes each image based on several criteria and uses various image-analysis methods, to flag errors within an image. A numeric quality score, based on the number of errors, is provided to the user to objectively evaluate whether the printer has degraded or not. Thus, the user can objectively present an argument to a salesperson or manufacturer that the user is due a remedy.
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公开(公告)号:US20240083185A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US17931850
申请日:2022-09-13
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Ernesto Propersi Sterbiati , Marco Serafini
IPC: B41J25/34
CPC classification number: B41J25/34
Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms are described that enable the mounting of multiple print heads side by side to create a stable single line wide printing width that is suitable at least for single pass and wide format scan printers.
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公开(公告)号:US20230339242A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US18342633
申请日:2023-06-27
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Juan Escudero Gonzalez , Eduardo Bueno Espinal
CPC classification number: B41J11/06 , B41J11/007
Abstract: A printing system having a vacuum transfer belt conveyor includes a fixed or movable perforated platen that supports workpieces, e.g., substrates, boards or other parts, to be printed. The printing system is configured to apply vacuum action through apertures or perforations defined through the perforated platen. In an embodiment, the print system is configured to mitigate deflection of ink drops, through the implementation of both a passive system, which reduces air flow in the region below the a print bar that includes one or more printheads, as well as an active system, which distributes the workpieces, e.g., substrates or boards, with respect to perforations in the transfer belt. In some embodiments, the perforated platen is comprised of a plurality of modular plates.
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公开(公告)号:US11712904B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US16151110
申请日:2018-10-03
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Asaf Landau , Ron Grinfeld , Ghilad Dziesietnik
CPC classification number: B41J3/4078 , A41H3/08 , B41F33/16 , B41J11/663 , D06P5/30 , D06Q1/00
Abstract: Disclosed are methods that couple effective nesting of fabric, as part of a textile cutting process, in which designs and/or graphic elements are directly printed on the nested elements, instead of on the entire textile sheet. Embodiments of the invention can address issues of waste and redundant printing, such as by starting with a blank textile roll, and printing only in the geometry areas of the patterns. Embodiments of the invention can increase fabric yield, because there are no constraints between the pattern geometries and the textile sheet print.
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公开(公告)号:US11691437B2
公开(公告)日:2023-07-04
申请号:US17196962
申请日:2021-03-09
Applicant: Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
Inventor: Steven Billow
CPC classification number: B41J2/465 , B41J2/0451 , B41J2/0458 , B41J2/04581 , B41J2/2139 , B41J2/2142 , B41J2/2146
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method to compensate for defective printer nozzles. The method can include detecting a defective printer nozzle and initiating a print job including image data of the defective printer nozzle for a pixel location of an image. The image is to be printed in accordance with a print mask that maps printer nozzles to pixel locations of the image. The method can include modifying the image to print the image data in a neighboring pixel location relative to the pixel location of the image and printing the modified image.
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